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Once upon a time, in the southern part of the Rhone Valley in southeastern France, the flavor of wine was ruled by rival grape gangs. They were many in number and took pride in their vicious malevolence towards one another. They were ruthless and would do anything to control our entire palate.

When we build our Owner's Club allocations, we sometimes have limited quantities of certain wines beyond the matched set allocations designated for our Owner's Club members. While we don't have many of these wines, we are offering three of them as part of this year's holiday package. This special Holiday club member offer features three wines from our Owner's Clubs PLUS a very small production, vineyard designated Petit Verdot. Enjoy!

Before we get going, I have to say Happy Birthday to my dearest friend of 53 years, Tommy “The Frump” Feuerbacher. By a rough estimate, we have enjoyed close to 5,000 beers together, and a number of laughs and tears equal to the stars in the sky. I love celebrating the Frumpsters B-Day; for the next 6 months he’s a year older than I.

Today we’re going to talk about our soon to be released, sensually beguiling, 2017 Muscat Canelli. But, as you know, I love wine history. Here’s some pretty cool info about a very storied grape.